said. He did

g. She was wearing the pink dress. It was tight, u

picked up the pen. She hovere

she s

tapping. What

wide, innocent. She dropped the pe

little and her grammar slipping into the broken cadence she had per

ade of purple she hadn't

da, she said. In the bath

from the sofa.

sing her arms. I'm not signin

. You ungrateful little gutter rat! We are g

rs come now. Panic, real and raw, or at least it looked that way.

d got in her face. Yo

rself! Serena shoved

recoiled as if the papers were radioactive. They all

e in twelve minutes. If she wasn't in it, the deal was o

pped. And

lled out his phone. Giv

a crumpled piece of paper from her

nk squinted at it

"She works at a bank. Said she could h

gers flew across the screen, trembling w

al from the contact lens she was wearing. A tiny,

elt buckle. It was a failsafe. Frank thought he was sending a pending authorization, something he

firmed: $2,0

he grabbed the pen and scribbled her name

orbell

you screw this up, Serena, I will find you. A

r arm away. She

rank. Thanks

out the f

ike he had been carved out of granite. He wore a tuxedo that fit him like armor. His

family's head of secur

at her cheap bag. He didn't say a wor

here was softer than Frank's car. It sm

sitting on the opposite bench. The

tablet, ignorin

her bag to her chest. She l

lt the weight of the two million dollars in the offshore account-funds that Wolf was alread

popping a bubble of gum. Is he really

ed up. His e

smooth. In this family, the rumors are